While we’re discussing map projections - Tupaia’s map of the south seas deserves mention as a reminder that every map has a baked in set of assumptions and use

While we’re discussing map projections - Tupaia’s map of the south seas deserves mention as a reminder that every map has a baked in set of assumptions and use cases: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2021/reading-pacific-navigators-mysterious-map https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2021/re... (For further exploration of the ideals of maps, James C Scott’s Seeing Like a State is excellent treatise for pulling the boundaries of the question back.)